Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it.

The old 5th had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+9 while the new 4th has a PVI of R+4. He won all the counties in the district except Clarke and Union. He was unable to procure the 50% voting threshold needed to win; subsequently a nominating convention was held which led to a nomination for King who defeated State Representative Brent Siegrist 51%-47%.

The district is located in the northwestern part of the state and includes Sioux City. Steven Arnold "Steve" King (born May 28 1949) is the U.